Amanda Barrymore, a self-confessioned 'Spiritual Workaholic' was charging up to £40 an hour for private readings face to face, on the phone and on Skype - and a deposit of £20 to be paid before receiving the reading - while fraudulently claiming Benefits.

'Celebrity' clairvoyant, 62, has to pay back £27,000 benefits after not telling authorities she was doing £40-an-hour readings

• Amanda Barrymore claimed both housing benefit and council tax credits • Pocketed thousands of taxpayer cash despite making a living as a psychic • Charged £40-an-hour to communicate with her customers' dead relatives • Narrowly escaped a jail sentenced and ordered to pay the money back